Syncosmia trichophora

Syncosmia trichophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Syncosmia
Species:
S. trichophora
Binomial name
Syncosmia trichophora
(Hampson, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis trichophora Hampson, 1895
  • Eupithecia subviridis Vojnits, 1983

Syncosmia trichophora is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1895.[1] It is found in India and Nepal.[2]

Taxonomy

Hampson described the species in 1895 as Chloroclystis trichophora, placing it in the genus Chloroclystis in the third volume of The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma.[3] It was later transferred to Syncosmia, a genus erected by William Warren in 1897,[4] which is classified in the tribe Eupitheciini of the subfamily Larentiinae.[1] Eupithecia subviridis, named by Vojnits in 1983, is regarded as a junior synonym.[2] About ten species are placed in Syncosmia.[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 20 mm. According to Hampson's original description, the adults are pale green, suffused with pale rufous. The forewings have indistinct blackish basal and antemedial bands with waved edges, while the hindwings are whitish with ochreous tufts.[3]

Distribution

The species has been recorded from India and Nepal.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Syncosmia Warren 1897". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Mironov, V. G. & Galsworthy, A. C. (2010). "Further notes on Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Nepal and the Indian subcontinent". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 61 (2): 137โ€“172.
  3. 1 2 Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 393 โ€“ via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. โ†‘ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; et al., eds. (2003). "Syncosmia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2026.